THOUSANDS IDLE IN GERMANY

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIII, Issue LXVIII, 22 October 1914, Page 5

THOUSANDS IDLE IN GERMANY

Some conception of the actual state1 of affairs prevalent in Germany is afforded in a letter received at San Francisco from Berlin, where the writer says: "War has brought in its train widespread involuntary idleness. Factories are closing down or running short-handed, and the pinch of non-em-ployment is felt everywhere among the working classes. Symptoms of it are seen in the numbers of working men appearing in the streets as newsboys or seekin gother unusual employment, and in the heavy calls for assistance from the municipal and labor funds. Some trades, however, are affected in: the opposite direction. Bakers and butchers are being advertised for, many having been called into field service. Brewers are also in demand, the breweries_ being in full - operation to supply the increased demand from the cafes and restaurants where the public gather to await the war news; and saddlers, tailors, and carpenters are working overtime-for the army."